This blog entry is gonna kill me….literally!! I lovelovelove to cook. I have almost 130 cookbooks in my house, many dog-earred and marked up with notes. How in the name of all that’s holy can I pick one meal that I’d have for my very last meal on earth?

Okay. SO let’s look at this the way a hostess with the mostest would. A meal consists of COURSES. A typical meal would have at least 5-7 courses, so if I go with the principle that MORE IS MORE, my last meal will have 7 courses. And they won’t be the typical cheese, salad, meat, yadayadayada courses. I’m reinventing the courses. I can do that. I’m a writer and this is MY last meal, so there!

Course #2 The soup course. My favorite is good old fashioned TOMATO SOUP and I’ve got a recipe that just soothes the soul. Of course, along with the tomato soup I will have to have a grilled cheeses sandwich because, you know…they go together. My grilled cheese consists of thick homemade potato bread, slathered with real butter on both sides and a mix of mozzarella and provolone cheeses on the inside. Delish!

Course #3: Fish. Going all out here, folks. I lovelovelove fish. So, I’m gonna have to make my seafood scampi. Scallops, jumbo shrimp and lobster in a white wine sauce with mushrooms and served over bowtie pasta. I’m hungry just thinking about it.

Course #5: Main meal: You’re probably wondering why I’m not in the Emergency room by now with a ruptured stomach from ALL that food! But if this is my last meal, I’m gonna keep going. So, For the main meal there really is only one option for me: Lobster macaroni and cheese with bacon. I know…………

I’m with Maureen!!! I may just come to your house for my last meal! Or my next meal, anyway. I’ve never had lobster mac & cheese, but I’ve had shrimp mac & cheese and it’s delicious — and I’m not a fan of mac & cheese, so that’s saying something. Your menu really made me hungry.

Sherry – the secret to good mac and cheeses vs GREAT mac and cheese is all in the cheese and milk. I only use whole milk – never less. Some people like to try and save calories by substituting low-fat cheeses and skim milk. Why eat it if it doesn’t taste the way it should?! And the lobster has to be fresh. I usually buy lives ones and then….you know (!) but the “meat” is always better this way.
Purist, they name is Peggy!